It is a strange weather these days. Every second day the sun shines – the rest of the time the rain is pouring down in quantities I have not seen before. When the weather is like today, with solid rain, umbrella and rainwear are almost useless. If you’re not wearing a drysuit, you get soaked to the skin.

While I was out taking a walk, I was greeted by flying thistle seeds. I came to think of my time in high school, where the Principal compared us students with thistle seeds, which fly out in the world. Some fly far away, others only short, but hopefully the seeds lands in a place where it can take root.
I wondered how far I had flown since then, and whether I had landed in the right place.

A phobia is not something to ridicule. But even people who suffer from Genuphobia (fear of knees) or Aulophobia (fear of flutes) should probably be able to see the fun in the disorder?
Or maybe not, if they suffer from Geliophobia (fear of laughing) or Catagelophobia (fear of being ridiculed).

I can not decide if the most bizarre are the things that people fear – or that someone has invented names for these disorders.
One of the most ironic phobia names must surely be Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia which means fear of long words. That could almost lead to Phobophobia (fear of phobias).

Sigh!

Her Majesty the Queen turns 70 today.
Everyone knows how she looks, so here is Andy Warhol with his interpretation.